Infinitely Losing My Edge
Yeah, I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
The kids are coming up from behind.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids from Bolivia and from Delhi.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Chic show in New York.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids whose footsteps I hear when they get on the decks.
I'm losing my edge to the internet seekers who can tell me every member of every good group from 1966 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Sao Paulo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon kids in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered nineties.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
I can hear the footsteps every night on the decks.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay started up his first band.
I told him, "Don't do it that way. You'll never make a dime."
I was there.
I was the first guy playing Basic Channel to the rock kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
Everybody thought I was crazy.
We all know.
I was there.
I was there.
I've never been wrong.
But I'm losing my edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent.
And they're actually really, really nice.
I'm losing my edge.
I heard you have a compilation of every good song ever done by anybody.
Every great song by Eddi Front. All the underground hits.
All Soul Sonic Force tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Slits record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Archie Shepp record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sandy B,
PIL,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Slick Rick,
the Association,
The Dave Clark Five,
The Mojo Men,
Mission of Burma,
David McCallum,
Kerri Chandler,
Dave Gahan,
Shoche,
Gregory Isaacs,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Sonic Youth,
Visage,
Rakim,
Agent Orange,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Japan,
Fat Boys,
Funky Four + One,
Tres Demented,
a-ha,
The Offenders,
L. Decosne,
The Birthday Party,
A Certain Ratio,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Real Kids,
Inner City,
Joy Division,
Donny Hathaway,
B.T. Express,
Skarface,
Joensuu 1685,
Funkadelic,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Johnny Clarke,
The Fuzztones,
Jeff Mills,
Glenn Branca,
Saccharine Trust,
Gang Green,
Q and Not U,
DJ Sneak,
The Monochrome Set,
Al Stewart,
JFA,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Pantytec,
Robert Görl,
Clear Light,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Radio Birdman,
Lungfish,
Suicide,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
The Fire Engines,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.